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An Act to Amend the Practice in the Trial of Criminal Cases, and for other purposes. 1855-1856 121 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactstn0188 and id is 1 raw text is: 121 CHAPTER 111. AN ACT granting Appeals in Certain Cases. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That either party, in cases of contested elections, under the act of 1854, chapter 32, may, if they desire, have an appeal to the Supreme Court, and that it shall be in all respects governed by the same rules and regulations as other Chancery causes. NEILL S. BROWN, Speaker of the House oj' Representatives. EDWARD S. CHEATHAM, Passed February 18, 1856. Speaker of Uhe Senate. CHAPTER 112. AN ACT to Amend the Practice in the Trial of Criminal Cases, and for other pur- poses. SECTION 1. Be Et enacted by the General Assembly 0f the State of Tennesscc, That hereafter, in all cases of fel- ony, where it shall be made satisfactory to appear to the Court where the indictment is pending, that from undue excitement against the prisoner in the County where the offence was committed, or any other fact that a fair trial could not probably be had there, it shall be the duty of the court, with the assent of the prisoner, to remove the trial of the cause to any adjoining County where the same causes do not exist. SEc. 2. Be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of' the Court, in case of such changes of venue, inClrag dos to send the indictment and all other papers in the case, venue. together with a copy of the order of the court removing the cause, properly authenticated, to the court of the County where such cause is removed for trial; and it shall be there tried as in other cases of change of venue. SEC. 3. Be it enacted, That the Chancery Courts at Jasper, Pikeville, Sparta, Livingston, Jamestown, Mont- gomery, Kinston, Decatur, and Washington, in the Fifth Chancery Division, shall hereafter be held at the times following, to wit:-At Jasper, on the second Mondays of Time orhonoiun March and September; at Pikeville, on the third Mon- cors days of March and September; at Sparta, on the fourth Mondays of March and September; at Livingston, on

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